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Sana lang hindi magpakatuta ang mga senador; protektahan nila ang kapakanan ng sambayanang Filipino.  Alamin sa komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

The country’s former top public official was VERA Files’ most fact-checked personality since 2016. He was named the “most fact-checked figure” in 2018 and the top purveyor of disinformation on COVID-19 among government officials in 2020.

Siargao resident affected by 2021 typhoon Odette: We are doing better right now because we already recovered. There are many tourists again and it’s like we are going back to normal days.

Ipinahayag ni Justice Secretary Boying Remulla kamakailan na hindi pa raw handa ang Pilipinas na magkaroon ng batas na magsusulong sa same sex marriage at  anti-discrimination batay sa sexual orientation, gender identity, at gender expression.  Pero kailan ba ang tamang panahon para magkaroon ng gender equality sa bansa?

Ilan pa kaya ang dinoktor din ang cause of death sa libu-libong kaso ng pagpatay kaugnay sa drug war ni Duterte?

Defending the proposed creation of the Maharlika Wealth Fund, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos pointed to former senator Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV as the original of a similar measure in 2016. This needs context.

For the majority of us who are neither into actuarial science nor economics, we can learn from the many countries that have invested on a sovereign wealth fund. By doing so, it is possible to come up with an informed judgment on the proposed Maharlika Wealth Fund of the Marcos-Romualdez representatives in Congress.

Even as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. adopted a different strategy from the Duterte administration’s brutal war against illegal drugs, the killings continue on the high side, data gathered through the Dahas Project of the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center showed

Sabi ng Marcos administration: “Buhay ay Ingatan, Droga ay Ayawan." Pero dapat pa ring managot kung sino man ang responsable sa pagpatay ng libu-libong biktima ng madugong drug war. 

Sana noon pa ganito ang pag-iisip ni Sen. Bato. Hindi sana namatay 'yung libo-libong  "nanlaban" kuno.

Dahil sa nakagugulantang na presyo ng mga bilihin dala ng pag-arangkada ng inflation sa bansa, pa’no nga ba nag-a-adjust ang millennials at Gen Zs? Pakinggan ang kwentuhan ng VERA Files reporters sa Episode 16 ng What The F?! Podcast.

Importanteng himayin natin ang pondo dahil pera natin ito. Dapat siguraduhin natin na hindi ito maaksaya. 

“In this project, the (PA) shall remain incognito. It does not need to inform the public or display its participation to preserve the credibility of SMNI as a third-party entity,” the document states.

Maayos na trabaho, hindi PR, ang magpapaganda ng imahe ng Pilipinas. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

Retired Justice Antonio Carpio has urged President Ferdinand Marcos to provide security for the drilling operations of Forum Energy Ltd. when the company resumes its stalled oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea.

Paano mas magiging maayos ang paghahanda sa mga sakunang dala ng bagyo? Pakinggan natin ang pananaw ng Mines and Geosciences Bureau at ng City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office ng Balanga City, Bataan dito sa ikalawang bahagi ng Episode 15 ng What The F?! Podcast.

Critical thinking, hindi bagong batas, ang solusyon sa problema ng “fake news.” Sinu-sino nga ba ang mga pasimuno sa pagkakalat ng “fake news”? Alamin sa komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

Ilang Bagyong Paeng pa ba ang raragasa sa Pilipinas bago natin ayusin ang paghahanda para makaiwas sa malaking pinsala, na mas pinalalalá ng climate change? Pakinggan ang pananaw ni Dr. Mahar Lagmay sa unang bahagi ng Episode 15 ng What The F?! Podcast.

While browsing Facebook on Monday, I saw the Paliwan Bridge in Bugasong, Antique had collapsed. Its approaches were washed away so the bridge is now in the middle of a river- a scene that brings back childhood memories of my dangerous and arduous journey through raging rivers during the rainy season.

Maraming nagtaas ng kilay nang sabihin ni Senador Jinggoy Estrada na naiisip daw niya minsan na i-ban ang pagpapalabas ng Korean drama sa bansa. Ano kaya ang masasabi ni Direk Jose Javier “Joey” Reyes tungkol dito?

The experience of attending a BTS concert in person is one that I will truly cherish, and the videos that I had taken will remain in my phone indefinitely. It is arguably one of the best concerts I have ever witnessed.

In a new department order, Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio backtracks on her earlier directive by allowing private schools to continue holding full distance or blended learning after Nov. 2.

Maging oportunidad sana itong kalbaryo ng pamilyang Remulla para suriin ang problema ng droga sa bansa at magkaroon ng mas kumprehensibong solusyon.

In a briefing with reporters, Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos blamed the strong dollar for the weakening of the peso, noting that the Philippines is not the only country experiencing currency depreciation. This needs context.

Matapos ang unang 100 araw sa pamumuno ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., may mga alingasngas na lumutang at tatlo agad ang nalagas sa kanyang Gabinete. Tara’t kilatisin natin ang mga napili niya para mapabilang sa kanyang official family dito sa ika-13 episode ng What The F?! Podcast.

Wishful thinking ba kung patigilin niya ang trolls sa pagkakalat ng kasinungalingan?

Taktika ba para tabunan ang matitinding issues?

The Philippine government has failed to convince International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan that it has been conducting an adequate probe on alleged crimes against humanity related to the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. %

Sa ika-12 episode ng #WhatTheF?! podcast, pakinggan sina Joel Ariate Jr., Miguel Paolo Reyes at Larah Del Mundo, mga mananaliksik ng Third World Studies Center sa University of the Philippines, kung paano nila binuo ang librong “Marcos Lies:”